This Thursday, August 30th, Home’s very first RPG opens its gates — and it’s free-to-play. Lockwood’s Dream Island floats into view, LOOT’s Active EOD (Entertainment On Demand) TVs arrive in a variety of sizes, and much more. Here’s the list of what’s new and happening in PlayStation Home:

1. Mercia: Fracture Realms

Unique to PlayStation Home, Mercia: Fractured Realms is a free-to-play RPG that opens up the possibility for huge worlds and a depth of narrative that have yet to be explored on the platform.

What type of warrior are you? Choose between Ranger, Fighter and Defender – customise your armor, weapons and spells to suit your play style.

Look forward to a free to play RPG adventure with a detailed XP system and rewards as you progress.

Explore the vast world and dungeons, fighting beasts, collecting items and completing quests. Discover the Guardians who will guide you on your journey.

2. Lockwood – Dream Island + Gift Machine Update

Visit the Dream Island Open House to check out this incredible tropical paradise. Explore the beautiful natural surroundings, admire the innovative architecture and discover hidden wildlife. It will be available in three different value packs, with a selection of hidden rewards and an exclusive store updated with new designer clothing.

Make someone’s day with PlayStation Home’s first “giftable” apartment, the Sunlit Meadow, available from the Lockwood Gift Machine.
Send a gift like no other—this beautiful outdoors environment is perfect for a relaxing picnic for two or a party in the woods. Let yourself go and the power of nature will make you feel alive! Find the golden butterfly to unlock a hidden reward.

3. PlayStation Home Mall Update
Magnus is back in his 55th volume of the Virtual Item Showcase. This week he showcases things from a new Pinafore dress to leather jackets to a musically inclined new companion. Tune in now for all the details.

4. Heavy Water – Avalon Keep Peasant Pack

You’ve seen the Keep and the gorgeous wares made for each Noble house of Avalon, but maybe you didn’t want to spend too much money right away. Now we have the Peasant Furniture Pack — 10 basic furniture pieces that are just as good as any other furniture in the sense that it functions as it should. Even the most common denizen of the Avalon Kingdom can afford one piece of furniture from this line up!

5. Granzella – Stylish Suits

The Stylish Suit from Granzella has arrived! The Stylish Suit provides a slim silhouette for a man, and are also available women seeking the fashionable pants suit look.

Available this week in Black, Grey, and Black Stripe.

6. LOOT – Active EOD TVs

The LOOT EOD TVs have arrived. Watch full-length movies, TV episodes, live shows and more with your friends in PlayStation Home on flat screen models in various sizes: 22”, 40”, 60”, 80”, 140” and a whopping 240”! The LOOT Entertainment On Demand TV will work in any private space unless the space comes with a video screen you can’t turn off. Want to test run the technology? The FREE LOOT EOD TV plays the LOOT Channel, allowing you to demo the TV first. If you can’t decide on one size, we have the solution for you. The LOOT EOD TV Bundle comes with all TV sizes in both flat screen and wall-mounted styles! That’s 12 TVs for one very low price. We’re even throwing in four TV stands and the free wall mount to help you decorate! So now, not only do you have to decide what to watch, but also where to watch it.

7. Konami – Horse Masks

Want to wear the zaniest thing to your next gathering? Ever wanted to be a UNICORN? Say no more—Konami to the rescue! Choose from black, brown or the rainbow-infused, mythical unicorn mask and bring the “Haaaaaaay!” (get it?) to the party! Head to the Konami store this Thursday and select your very own.

8. nDreams – Street Moves Update + Chameleo Furniture Collection

Ever had trouble deciding what color furniture to choose? This week nDreams presents The Chameleo furniture range. A unique range of modern furnishings that automatically cycle through different glowing colors and textures depending on the range you purchase. The Chameleo range is split into three variations: Glow, Moods and Motif. Within each Chameleo bundle you get a chair, sofa, carpet, picture frame, table and a bookshelf. Pick one or pick them all!

The Street Moves crew danced their way into Home last week and blew everyone away with their dancing abilities. Now get ready to meet the next set (although it looks like someone’s dad has come along for the ride).

Broadway Star, Swingin’ Sister and Boogy Boy are joined by the Embarrassing Dad as they are looking to show off their dance moves in Home this week. You can pick up the next set of the Street Moves collection at the nDreams store or at any commerce point in Aurora.

9. Digital Leisure – Casino Update

There are two exciting updates in The Casino this week. First, there’s an all-new Tier Reward for those who have reached Tier 8. Come by and pick up your fully interactive Hot Tub! You and three friends can enjoy a dip this week in this gorgeous addition to any private space. Next, they’ve updated the Lucky Fountain reward! Don’t worry , the mini fountain and sparkler reward have not been retired. The new additions are some sweet shades, perfect for keeping that poker face straight at the tables.

10. Tuscan Villa Personal Space and Clubhouse

Ever wondered what it would be like living in a rustic, yet grand Italian countryside villa? Now you can. Bring some friends and share the experience with the gift of food (the Villa has a gift of pizza for guests), and lounge the evening away. Also offered is a matching furniture bundle to properly deck it out. Available this Thursday in the Estates store!

11. Midway – Ca$h Carnival Update
This week you’ll have the chance to win yet another prize at the Midway Ca$h Carnival Sweepstakes! Go to the Hot Zone in Midway 3 to sign up for the Midway Ca$h Carnival Sweepstakes. Every green ticket you purchase to play the Midway games earns you an entry into the weekly drawing for a special prize—this week, it’s a Sony Handycam 16GB HD Flash Memory Projection Camcorder and $1,000.00 cash prize!

I’ll be changing how I shop on PS Home come October 25th 2012. Part of this is due to needing to save money for other stuff. Some months I’ll probably just spend $3.96 at most. I won’t stop supporting PS Home like I originally planned by March 2013. But will still complain about VM’s NML until they stop messing with my head.

Im sorry but after No Mans Land my expectations or Mercia are LOW.. I was expecting a REAL game.. instead all I got was a game you had limited control over (i.e you couldnt manually move from position to position instead you clicked on the point you wanted to go to and your character ran there and took cover automatically).. so yeah Im expected Mercia to be no different unfortunately.

According to Granzella, the fossil museum was supposed to come “late august” so I figured I’d check the blog after a month, but nothing! This is why I have all but quit home entirely. If we got weekly GZ content like EU, I’d have spent hundreds by now. No GZ=no $ from me, unless it’s something huge worth even going on home for.

Since WHOEVER is in charge of releasing GZ items in NA has so “GRACIOUSLY” decided to allow NA the “privilege” of buying GZ items, I think I will buy 2 of the womens suits when I get around to logging on.

Dream Island may be nice, but an open house with no option to purchase annoys me to no end. I guess you guys think it builds “hype”, but for people like me with 0 patience, it takes so long to come out I lose interest and don’t buy it when it does!

A THURSDAY update? I don’t feel like waiting, so I may spend my money elsewhere. It’s due to some BS EU holiday (NA holidays are BS too), so of course all regions have to suffer. Can’t do something sense making like having each region update separately? You guys keep letting EU run the show, and you will continue alienating ex-mega-spenders in NA like me. See you in a month (or longer) when/if the fossil museum and Island expansion comes!

Ah, but this week the Dream Island will be purchasable by everyone directly in the open house. Come check it out! As for Granzella stuff, unfortunately the original announcement by them is incorrect, but it’ll be out *very* soon. (Pinky swear promise!)

umm its an RPG of course it doesnt used a cover system.. the point I was making is most of the game is “click here and your character runs there on its own and do everything FOR you” I want a game that i completely control… for example If I want to get from Point A to Point B I want to Physically walk from A to B instead of just Clicking on B (or pressing once in Bs direction) then my character walks there on its own.

I’m personally looking forward to this update… only question I have about the RPG game is, is it a trade off of attack? Like you attack they attack you miss they attack twice etc. OR is it press say square and your guy freely moves and slashes. Either way I’ll play just wondering I’d prefer the later but still I’ll try.

FINALLY a Home game with XP POINTS!!!!! well done guys how to think that :)
I mean i m a huge Home fun for the first day and i never disappoint all this years until when i saw games like mini robots and No mans land.
Those two games is PAY TO WIN! why i pay something to has only one stage and no xp point ? is boring and the best think about it, is a new map for No mans land and tell you to pay it 2$!!! Again, why i pay 2$ for a map i don’t know if they has players to play with it? i feel developers for those games fool us!!! Look the aurora place has a thousand gamer visit every day because there a something to do there! Win xp points level up and win staff for your apartment and your avatar!
Never again makes PAY TO WIN Games for Home if you want keep people inside ps Home!

I’ve been beta testing Mercia for a couple months now. And I can tell the doubters and naysayers that the game is great! If you’re a RPG fan then you’ll definitely wanna play Mercia. Its a very fun do as you want RPG.

Why is this free to play rpg being wasted on the PS Home where most users don’t go? Why not also put it properly on the psn store where everyone can try it?
This makes me think it isn’t good enough for that.

@ Ryumoau Because is a game especially for Home. You never visit Home to see how those games works? They use your avatar in real time to play, is really cool games like that, play with your favourite avatar! They has change a lot tnings for the first day when Home cames out, you must check it. Now home has a lot tnings to do there a really awesome games for free and many people visit Home every day, except Sony continue to fool us with games like no mans land, a pay to win game, pay do nothing, really annoying!!

Nice stuff for home. But after today i refuse to spend another cent on Playstation Home till Sony does something about the freezers. I’ve been frozen 7 times today in 3 different places. Its pathetic anymore. Sony needs to bann freezers on the spot and ther ip permanently banned and there avi & id name left on the spot for a month.